PartnerRe unveils new directors

PartnerRe has appointed Reuben Jeffery and Sylvestre Frezal to its board of directors.

Jeffery is the former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Rockefeller & Co.  He served as undersecretary of state for economic, energy and agricultural affairs and as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during the George W. Bush administration. Previously, he was at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was managing director and head of the European Financial Institutions Group and of the Goldman Paris office.

Frezal is chief of staff to the CEO of Covéa Group. He joined Covéa in 2018 and has held various positions there and in the wider insurance industry. Before joining Covéa, he worked as an insurance supervisor, was dean of undergraduate studies at Sciences Po Paris, has been widely published on risk and modelling, and held several senior positions at Generali France.

PartnerRe board chairman Thierry Derez said their diverse and strong backgrounds will bring a wealth of experience to the board, in particular, Jeffery’s experience in financial services, in both the public and private sectors.

With this change, the PartnerRe board comprises nine directors of which four, including Jeffery, are independent from the company.